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12-29-2011, 08:39 PM
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Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
ok, was starting out to buy some white carpet material close to 'shag' but thinking that would be wayyyy too hard to clean when, not "if", it got dirty. Had some leather-like material off some seating lying around off an old golf cart that no longer runs. and also being bored had 110% to do with it.
Started off by ripping the cheap carpet off the panel, and using a lighter to burn some of the fibers off that were still hanging on and sanded it down with 800 grit paper.   Placed it on a back seat that was in still-good condition, razor bladed it out with about 1/4 inch of the foam padding that was under it, and trimmed to size perfectly comparing it to the panel itself.  Didn't take any picture but had some 1/4 inch clear tubing laying around and wrapped/hot-glued some of the material to it as a seam or border, idk what they call them tbh.... With spray adhesive and a hot glue gun, sprayed the door panel with the spray adhesive until it was well coated and stuck the leather strip on and held it in place for some time until it dried enough to place and hot-glue the border/seam thinymabobber. looks alot better in person without the stupid camera glare...    And to compare it to what it looked like before, doing the passenger's side tomorrow morning, everything's cut out and ready to go.  tell me what you girls think 
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12-29-2011, 08:49 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
I like the mod, great idea with the leather, easy to clean too!
Nice job!
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12-29-2011, 08:51 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
Looks clean. Just not my taste really
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12-29-2011, 08:52 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
trying to find material to upholster a dash cover and the padding that's left on the top of the door panel
---------- i can always paint it a different color
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12-29-2011, 08:57 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
Eh I'm just not a fan of color matching everything inside the cab.
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12-29-2011, 08:58 PM
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Nice idea, I don't think I've seen any painted ever. Mine didnt come with carpet on that panel lol
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12-29-2011, 09:00 PM
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12-29-2011, 09:03 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
the only other thing i was doing white was a new black shift guard with white stitching... and i meant paint the leather material, not the carpet..
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12-29-2011, 09:34 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
getting this for the dash cover, in charcoal,
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=3113901 and for an extra 5 sq. feet of the material is only an extra 14 bucks
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12-29-2011, 10:36 PM
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Re: Door Panel Leather 'Upgrade'
bump
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Thread Hijacker 94' XLT I4 5-SPD 2.3L Mods: K&N CAI, plug wires, Door panel upgrades, Painted black wheels, painted grille, Zip tie mod, The Stig Mod Last edited by CameronWooten; 12-30-2011 at 10:11 PM.
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